Type einding means



Oct. 24 1933. A. COSTIGAN 1,932,336

TYPE BINDING MEANS Filed Dec. 15, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet l By 2mm flllorney 1933. L. A. COSTIGAN TYPE BINDING MEANS 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Dec. 15, 1952 Irwcnlor J1 C0 dff fl IHIIII (I IIIIIIIIIIIIIH IIIJIIII I HIIII/IIIIIIIH Patented Clot. 2d, 1%?33 eases ATENT orrica TES 1,932,336 TYPE BINDING MEANS Laurence A. Costlgan, Philadelphia, Pa.-

Application December '15, 1932 Serial No. iil'Y/lSS 2 Claims. (Ql. Z76 l) 111g tape tions of the page of type in such a way as to permit the free end 'tions of the tape to be secured together, together with means built into a galley to facilitate maintenance and handling of bars.

the tape.

invention afiords a simple, practical and economical which is destined to replace make-shift cor s and strings such as are now frequently utilized to temporarily bind or hold together a page of type prior to its being secured in c ters chase -iples of the inventive conception .nto acwial practice, 1 have evolved and produced an assemblage features providing a structure wlr 1 efficient in performance, positive and dndable in action, practical and otherwise sat cfactory in accomplishing the desired results in a satisfactory manner.

2* More specifically stated, the predominating feature 0 the invention is founded on the adoption of a relatively wide band-like tape which is adapted to embrace a page of type to facilitate handling it, together with means to aid in accommodating and expediting the placement of the binding tape.

Secondly, novelty is predicated on the tape accommodation means which, in its preferred form, constitutes a stationary part of a conventional 5 galley. Gtherwise stated, in order to permit the tape to be successfully employed, I contemplate the adoption of a refine-:1 or improved galley.

Although the preceding paragraph carries the implication that the tape accommodation means constitutes a part of a galley, I desire it understood that the tape accommodation means need not necesarily be a part of the galley, but may be made and sold separately as an individual unit for those printers who do not desire to purchase a complete galley.

Other features and advantages of the invention will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a galley improved in accordance with my ideas and showing the manner in which the tape is inserted to facilitate wrapping of the tape around the type after the page of type set and ready for transfer to the 3 printers chase.

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal sectional View through the structure seen in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a top plan View of the'page of type with the retention binding tape in position.

Figure 4 is simply an end, view of Figure 3 ohto serving it in a direction from right to left.

Figure 5 is an end view of Figure 1 observing said figure in a direction from right to left.

Figure 6 is an enlarged fragmentary perspective view of one end portion of one of the tape holding Figure '7 is a similar view of a modification showing grooves of a slightly different style.

Figure 8 is a view showing how spring retainclips may be employed to aid in securing the tape against displacement while, the type is being set in the galley.

In Figure l I have shown what appears to a regulation or conventional galley, the same being generally designated by the'numeral 9 and including a base plate 10 provided along one longitudinal edge with a reinforcing or stabilizing rail 11. The L-shaped holding means for the tape 12 actually co-operates with the rail 11 in forming a type-confining rim, and the bar portions of this 30 rimare distinguished by. the numerals 13 and .14

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These bars differ from conventional rim bars in that the inner faces thereof are formed with grooves. The first groove, that i's,the outermost 5 groove is relatively narrow and denoted by the numeral 15 in Figure 6. This is the groove in which the band-like tape is seated and held until the page of type is completed. Then there is a second groove 16 which may be designated as a clearance groove into which the binding tape is moved so that it may be intimately bound around the marginal portions of the page of type. The numeral 1'7 merely designates bevelled surfaces which function as webs joining the grooves 15 and 116 together and to facilitate the easy placement of the tape in the groove 15 without permitting tearing.

In practice, it is contemplated providing the upper flange 18 at longitudinally spaced points with resilient retaining clips 19 of appropriate form which clips project down into the groove 15 to engage the upper edge portion of the tape to temporarily prevent accidental displacement of the tape to interfere with the type-setting oper- 10 ation. I

Manifestly, by p-roportioning the groove 15 to permit the tape to fit snugly therein, these clips 19 may well be omitted.

So far as the modification in Figure 7 is con cerned, the same fundamental principle is carried into effect and the same reference characters are employed to designate the corresponding grooves. The only difference here is that the bevelled juncture or tape feeding surfaces 17 are omitted. As a matter of fact, the cross sectional shape of the grooves is more or less immaterial so long as the fundamental idea of the inner and outer grooves 15 and 16 is provided.

Before describing the use of the invention, 1 wish to repeat that I prefer to utilize the means 13 and 14 as a part of the galley 9 as shown in Figure 1. At the same time, it is possible to use these features alone to provide an L-shaped unit which can be made and sold separately in cases where the printer does not wish to purchase the complete galley.

In practice, this so-called L-shaped tape retaining means functions primarily as a temporary holder in which the tape is inserted, leaving the ends of the tape free so that they can be brought around the complete bank or page of type to allow the ends 20 and 21 to be secured together in overlapping relationship as shown in Figures 3 and 4. In these figures the page of type is denoted by the numeral 22.

When the type page is moved from the galley to the stone slab for placing in the form or lock-up, the tape stays aroundthe page, and the page remains intact and unmoved while it is locked up. The tape binding effects no perceptible variation therein when the type is put in the press. The tape is not removed from the page of type until said type is dead or ready for distribution. Obviously then there is a saving of time by this method, one operation replacing the now familiar operations of tying and untying on the stone.

As the tape is made of comparatively thin ma terial, the slack which is made by squeeze from the lock-up will be taken up by hugging in the spacesbetween the type lines (however small), and this will do away with the much abused habit of placing card strips alongside type pages to aid in lifting ill-spaced lines. Past experience has shown that this slack has given con siderable trouble in this class of inventions.

As before implied, the gist of the invention is in the provision of a relatively wide lightweight band-like binding tape of a length to permit it to completely embrace the page of type with suffici'ent material to allow the ends of the tape to be overlapped and securely fastened together; together with an L-shaped holder for the tape wherein said holder is made up of right angularly disposed bars having outer relatively narrow grooves in which the tape is seated and held by clips, if desired, and inner relatively wider grooves into which the tape is drawn for clearance to facilitate binding.

Again, I say that the L-shaped holder for the tape may well be built in as a part of the rim of a conventional galley to add to the practicability of the invention.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a binding tape holder comprising a substantially ls-shaped device embodying right-angularly disposed the inner faces of said bars being formed with relatively narrow tape seating grooves, said grooves corresponding in width to the width of the tape, and resilient retaining clips carried by said bars and depending into the upper edge 1 portions of said grooves for releasable engagement with the tape.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a binding tape holder comprising a substantially L-shaped device embodying right-angularly disposed bars, 1

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